The secret to curing a cold in Ukraine....

Black radish and honey.

Larisa, our beloved nanny/housekeeper, has had just about enough of our American doctors. And since Jack has had a cold for a month and seen three different American doctors and an American nurse, I don't blame her. None of them have been able to cure his runny nose or cough.

So she arrived today with her mother's Ukrainian cure: a black radish. She cut a very small hole in it, added lots of honey and set it on top of a tea cup.

A few hours later, she feed the liquid that seeped into the teacup (a radishy smelly honey) to Jack who ate it willingly, and this is from a kid who usually refuses all medicines, but I'd honestly never tried anything soaked in honey.....

Results to be posted soon....